Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnant women by the Papanicolaou technique, enzyme immunoassay and polymerase chain reaction

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-123

  Bañuelos Pánuco, Carmen Adriana ^b   Deleón Rodríguez, Irma ^c   Hernández Méndez, José Tomás ^c   Martínez Guzmán, Lydia Alejandra ^c   Akle Fierro, David ^c   Miranda Murillo, Juan ^a   Reyes Maldonado, Elba ^c  

^a Serv Ginecobstetricia Hosp R   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Enzyme immunoassay; Papanicolaou smear; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0342804490     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326347     Document Type: Article

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